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The Battle of Wuhan (simplified Chinese : 武汉会战; traditional Chinese : 武漢會戰; Japanese : 武漢作戦 (ぶかんさくせん)), popularly known to the Chinese as the Defence of Wuhan (simplified Chinese : 武汉保卫战; traditional Chinese : 武漢保衛戰), and to the Japanese as the Capture of Wuhan, was a large-scale battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War . Engagements took place across vast areas of Anhui , Henan , Jiangxi , Zhejiang , and Hubei provinces over a period of four and a half months. It was the longest, the largest, and arguably the most significant battle in the early stages of the Second Sino-Japanese War. More than one million National Revolutionary Army troops from the Fifth and Ninth War Zone were put under the direct command of Chiang Kai-shek , defending Wuhan from the Central China Area Army of the Imperial Japanese Army led by Shunroku Hata . Chinese forces were also supported by the Soviet Volunteer Group , a group of volunteer pilots from Soviet Air Forces .

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The Battle of Wuhan (simplified Chinese : 武汉会战; traditional Chinese : 武漢會戰; Japanese : 武漢作戦 (ぶかんさくせん)), popularly known to the Chinese as the Defence of Wuhan (simplified Chinese : 武汉保卫战; traditional Chinese : 武漢保衛戰), and to the Japanese as the Capture of Wuhan, was a large-scale battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War . Engagements took place across vast areas of Anhui , Henan , Jiangxi , Zhejiang , and Hubei provinces over a period of four and a half months. It was the longest, the largest, and arguably the most significant battle in the early stages of the Second Sino-Japanese War. More than one million National Revolutionary Army troops from the Fifth and Ninth War Zone were put under the direct command of Chiang Kai-shek , defending Wuhan from the Central China Area Army of the Imperial Japanese Army led by Shunroku Hata . Chinese forces were also supported by the Soviet Volunteer Group , a group of volunteer pilots from Soviet Air Forces .